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The purpose of education

is to save young people from the paralyzing effects of wealth and poverty - Kurt Hahn

In your disability

is your opportunity - Kurt Hahn

There is more

in us than we know if we could be made to see; perhaps, for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less - Kurt Hahn

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Flip Class Room – Pollutants of Fresh Water

The students of grade 5A depicted the pollutants of fresh water through a puppet show recently. Waste thrown by human beings, is one of the major causes for the loss of animal and plant life in fresh water sources.

The students played the role of a crab, an alligator, a bird, a fish and a pond to show the ill effects on the environment.

The flip class was initiated by the Science teacher, Ms Deepika Ghai; from there on, the students took complete responsibility for the script, performance and staging; all of which was done during the science period.

Six students from Vivek High School, namely, Shagun Attri, Abhi Uday Singh Gautam and Subinay Jain forming Team A and Chetanya Aggarwal, Esh Gupta and Khwaish Miglani forming Team B participated in the Annual St. John’s High School Business Quiz -2017. Team A qualified the preliminary round and was among the top 6 teams out of 46 teams from tricity. The students were quizzed on various topics ranging from Indian Economy, General Awareness and Taglines to Business Personalities and Advertisements. Team A from Vivek High emerged as Winner and was awarded with a trophy and certificates. Congratulations to the team!

Students of Vivek High School participated in a “LPS Business Conclave 2017” organized by Learning Paths School, Mohali in collaboration with Ashoka University on 24-25 November 2017. Twenty students of our school competed with participants from 15 other schools of northern region. They participated in variety of challenging business events like WorQ, Intellec View, JA Titan Business Challenge, Corporate Roadies, Let’s Start Up, ADVAC and attended a workshop on ‘Work Readiness Skills’.

Pratham Kalraof XI B presented the paper on the topic “Future of Chartered Accountants in India if Artificial Intelligence is introduced in the system.” He stood Second among 30 participants.

In another competition Abhi Udai Singh Gautam, Shagun Attri and Subinay Jain participated in WorQ based on Corporate world and stood Third among 30 teams.

Last but not the least, Priyam Bhandari, Udai Nanda and Vipra Arora participated in JA Titan Business Challenge and stood Third among 25 teams.

"Study, without practical approach, is not considered complete in this challenging and competitive environment. A factory visit was organised for students of Class 12 (Commerce stream) to 'Virgo Industries'. Virgo industries is manufacturing, exporting, supplying and trading an expensive range of decorative laminates, plywood products, foil stock, coils, aluminium sheets and plates, etc. This excursion was in relation to the business studies curriculum. Vivek High School, on a regular basis, organises industrial visits for its students, to expose them to various business processes and principles. During this visit, students were explained in detail the "Principles of management" which are used to manage organisations and are useful for forecasting, planning, process management, organisation management, decision making, coordination and control. Students also got hands on experience on production of mica and aluminium, packaging for local and international market and how the price varies as per width. The industrial visit also provided them an insight into company’s operations. It also gave them greater clarity about various management concepts, as they could practically see how these concepts were put into action. It helped them understand the nuances and realities of the shop floor, risky conditions in which workers work, the challenges involved in managing workers, apart from getting hands-on technical knowledge, etc .With an aim to go beyond academics, these visits help in developing the insights of the students – attaining practical knowledge and their theoretical applications thereof.

On 18 October 2017, the JA Student Company, 'IGNEO'S' which in Portuguese means IGNITE, launched 'Blazing Wheels', a spicy and delicious product inspired from garlic bread. The non-food product for the company is 'IGNO Sticks' - stickers on writing instruments. This product is inspired by handmade bookmarks. The company's tagline is - "It's Blazing, It's Amazing". This tagline highlights the energy, enthusiasm, zeal and confidence of the student members to create a company dedicated to performance and learning, based on strong corporate culture and values. The organizational structure consists of production, finance, marketing and sales, information and creativity and Human Resource departments. The company has five members in its Board of Directors. The company in total comprises of 15 student members.

The guest of honour of this special morning was Mr. Venkat Matoory, CEO, JA India. He leads and directs the strategy for JA Worldwide's India Enterprise. He guided the students and encouraged them to explore their potential to the maximum. He also emphasized on the importance of every single person's contribution in shaping an organization. he added that education in isolation cannot serve this purpose, it must be integrated with practical and hands on experience.

Sahaij Pratap Singh Sekhon, Madhavan Verma of class 10 and Asadh Singh of class 9 have been selected to represent Chandigarh in the U- 17 Basketball team in the 63rd National School Games to be held at New Delhi from 1 to 5 December, 2017.

Misha Sood of class 7 and Hargun Kaur Grewal of class 8 represented Chandigarh in the U – 14 Basketball team in the 63rd National School Games, held at Rajnand Gaon, Chattisgarh in the month of November, 2017.

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Summary of The Book
Scenes From A Writer’s Life: A Memoir starts off by highlighting Ruskin Bond’s early years, six of which were spent at Jamnagar. His memories of the place are quite bittersweet. He describes the time he spent playing with his sister Ellen at the Ram Vilas Palace grounds. The author also writes about the bitter relationship between his parents that left him with a lot of insecurity.
His unhappiness worsens when his father passes away when he is only ten years old. He stays on with his mother and stepfather, who pay little or no attention to his needs and requirements. He keeps himself occupied with the help of books and some friends. Most of his time is spent on his own, during which he decides that he will walk the

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Go Set a Watchman is set during the mid-1950s and features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to May comb from New York to visit her father Atticus. She is forced to grapple with issues both personal and political as she tries to understand both her fathers attitude toward society, and her own feelings about the place where she was born and spent her childhood. An instant classic.

The Scholastic Book Fair is back!!
Books, journals, encyclopedias, games and many more will be available on sale at the Scholastic Book Fair. The Fair will on the 24th of December, 2014 in the school basement between 8:30 am and 1:00 pm.

The story of the book revolves around Retd. Justice Laxmi Narayan Thakur and his five daughters, all named in alphabetical order from A to E. Each daughter has their own opinions and way of life and come with their own set of eccentricities. Debjani, the fourth daughter and the protagonist of the novel gets a job as a news reader with DeshDarshan, the national channel. With the appearance of Dylan Singh Shekhawat, a christian-rajput and the son of her father’s closest friend, things take a whole new turn, with romance brewing in the backdrop. The other sisters, Anjini, Binodini, Chandrakanta and Eshwari make the book witty and spot-on funny.

I Am Malala tells the story of a young girl who survived the Taliban shooting in Swat Valley and stood for her right to education. The book focuses not only on Malala’s story but also her fight for the right to education of other girls.
The book further focuses on how Malala’s family supported her and stressed on her education in a society which crowns sons. Not only is the book gripping, but inspiring as well and leaves you with a feeling of remorse for taking what we get easy for granted.

Elif Shafak’s compelling novel, The Forty Rules of Love, follows Ella Rubinstein on a journey of self-discovery as she examines her life and the concept of love through Sufi mysticism.
Discover the forty rules of love. . .
Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella’s life – an emptiness once filled by love.
So when Ella reads a manuscript about the thirteenth-century Sufi poet Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, and his forty rules of life and love, her world is turned upside down. She embarks on a journey to meet the mysterious author of this work.
It is a quest infused with Sufi mysticism and ve

The Dalai Lama's Cat and Art of Purring is about Dalai Lama, His Holiness and his cat, HHC (His Holiness Cat). The book is focused around happiness and what does it take to be truly happy from within. The book is based from the perspective of his Cat, and what really makes her purr?

One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I need to have an abortion,' she announces. She is nineteen years old and unmarried. What happens that afternoon will change her life.
Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul. Due to a mysterious family curse, all the Kazanci men die in their early forties, so it's a house of women, among them Asya's beautiful, rebellious mother who runs a tattoo parlour; Banu, who has newly discovered herself as a clairvoyant; and Feride, a hypochondriac obsessed with impending disaster. And when Asya's cousin comes to stay, long-hidden family secrets connected with Turkey's turbulent past begin to emerge.

The book contains some of the most noted conversations that the author, Bagchi Sobroto, has had with the people he had interviewed for a column he wrote for Forbes almost three years ago. Some of the conversations from the Zen Garden that are included in this book are with the Dalai Lama, Ekta Kapoor, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Dr Devi Shetty, Nandan Nilekani and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. All of them talk about their success stories in their respective lines of business and how they managed to reach where they have today. The book is an inspirational read for every youth today.

Achievers

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Ganemat Sekhon

Ganemat Sekhon of class 10 won two Silver medals in the senior and junior category in the Clay Pigeon Skeet shooting championship at the 60th National Shotgun Championship held at Jaipur in the month of November. She won a team Gold medal for the state of Punjab in the same event.

She has also achieved the highest score in the junior category and equaled the National Record. In the senior category she is the second highest scorer. Ganemat has also done well in other competitions held earlier this year by winning a Silver medal in the36th North Zone Shooting Championship held at New Delhi and a Bronze medal in the S.K. Kapoor Grand Prix held at Jaipur.

With a lot of hardwork and dedication she is now ranked as the no.1 Skeet Shooter in Junior Women and also ranked as the No.2 Skeet Shooter in Senior Women in India.

The team of Aadil Bedi and Vasundhara Thiara, won the All India Interschool Albatross Golf championship for Vivek High School, for record third time. Team Vivek scored 300 and beat Modern School Vasant Vihar, New Delhi by 4 shots, over two days of play. Aadil And Vasundhara also won in their respective individual categories A and B. Aadil was the only player who shot under par round with the score of 70 and 73 (143 one under) and won by huge margin of 8 shots in category

A. Vasundhara Shot 81,76 (157) and won by 15 shots in category B.

The Albatross Team Championship in A/ B category boys/ girls saw participation from twelve school that included Doon School Dehradoon, Army public School ,New Delhi, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh School, Jaipur and Modern School, New Delhi. Over hundred school going young golfers participated in the Championship, held at the ITC Classic Golf Course, Gurgaon, over the two day event.

Mehar Kahlon to attend a summer programme at the Wharton Business Schoo

Mehar Kahlon of class 11, has been selected by The Global Education and Leadership Foundation (tGELF) to attend a Summer Programme (KWHS Global Young Leaders Academy) at The Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania from 29 May to 12 June 2016. Mehar will be part of a select group of high school students who will spend two weeks at the University of Pennsylvania and learn about business, finance and entrepreneurship and undergo activity-based leadership workshops .
KWHS is on a mission to provide high school students and educators around the world with a deeper understanding of business and personal finance and to equip them with the skills to excel in the global marketplace.

Alumnus update- Saanya Ojha (Batch of 2012)

In our last communication received from Saanya, she had informed us that she had been offered summer internships from J P Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, New York.
It gives us immense pleasure in sharing that Saanya has accepted the offer of internship from Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (an investment fund that operates in private and public markets) to work in a team that manages 3 billion USD in assets. Her internship is an extremely significant achievement as being a part of a team that has such an enormous financial responsibility is rare for student internees and as a rule is offered to those who have 3-4 years of prior work experience.
Saanya has also been elected as President of Wharton Business Schools’ premier student consulting club, Social Impact Consulting (SIC). SIC offers pro-bono financial consulting services to national and international foundations like Make a Wish and Givology.
She has also been elected as the Penn Pod Leader for Global Platinum Securities, inter - collegiate investment fund that invests 250,000 USD in the US equity markets.
The last semester also saw her get elected as President, tGELF, Penn Chapter as well as get nominated for Beta Gamma Sigma, the highly selective honours society for business students at Wharton Business School, as her GPA was amongst the top 1% (3.97/4.0). She is also a part of the National French Honours Society, Pi Delta Phi.
Words can’t describe how proud we are of your achievements Saanya. It’s a reflection of your hard work, work ethics and intelligence. You have all our best wishes and blessings!

SAANYA OJHA - LIFER

SAANYA OJHA - LIFER - 1997- 2012
Currently at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
It is nice to be back to school. For some even better…
Saanya Ojha, an alumnus of Vivek High School, sector 38 (batch of 2012) spoke with students of grade 10, 11 and 12 on “Thinking about life after School”. She spoke about the various courses and subjects offered by universities in the United States of America and the criteria used for evaluation by universities for applications while laying stress on the quality and content of the essay that goes with each application.
She also highlighted the challenges and common misconceptions held about studying outside India and how to overcome those by following the correct procedures in the application process. She also shared her many and varied experiences while studying at the Wharton Business School and how it has helped her evolve and grow as a person. The students cleared many doubts they had and also gained a better insight into a different system of education and circumstances that maybe faced whilst studying and staying in another country.
Saanya Ojha graduated from Vivek High School in 2012. She is currently studying at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania has been consistently ranked as the world's best undergraduate business programme. She has the distinction of being an international student on a full scholarship and is a part of a selective programme called the Huntsman program - a dual degree specialization programme in business studies and international studies which enrolls only 45 students.
Throughout her time at the University, Saanya has received the highest academic honours. Not only has she consistently been placed on the coveted Deans list every year for academic excellence but she is also a Joseph Wharton Scholar as well as a Benjamin Franklin Scholar for her outstanding contribution to the University environment. She is an honoured member of the National French Honour Society in the United States. Her research paper has been published by the University Press. This summer, she had the distinction of receiving an internship offer from JP Morgan in New York in her second year of college. Post her summer stint on Wall Street she has recently received a placement offer from JP Morgan to pursue investment banking at their New York office.
Saanya, we at Vivek are proud of you. God Bless.

Anmol Rattan Singh Bains

Anmol Rattan Singh Bains has done Vivek high proud by receiving 97.6% in CBSE grade 12 Board exam. He has many achievement to his credit beside a brilliant academic record.
We are proud of you Anmol!
Anmol Rattan Singh Bains was the CAAP leader of Square one club, Tgelf( The Golbal Education and leadership Foundation). He attended a Round Square service project at Kata Pathar, Dehradun. He was actively involved in the MUN clubs and took part in the International VHS MUN 2012 as the delegate of USA. He was a scholarship holder in Grade IX & X

Apurv Gupta

We are so proud of you Apurv Gupta an alumnus of the Vivek High School (batch of 2012) is studying in the U K. He has worked with the Scottish Parliament in arranging events on Nuclear Non-Proliferation with cross party group of Nuclear Disarmament. He has been a delegate at the United Nations Framework convention on Climate Change at Warsaw, Poland and interned at the United Nations Headquarter in New York. Currently, he is the Youth President, United Nations Association, United Kingdom and President United Association Edinburgh Youth. He also functions as Vice-President UNICEF, UK on campus. It is indeed a proud moment for Chandigarh and his Alma Mater for the creditable achievements made in a short period of 18 months. Apurv, we all at Vivek High are proud of you. Well done!

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Ms Rajbir Sandhu appointed as the Regional Support Manager

Ms Rajbir Sandhu, Head of Department for English at Vivek High School was recently appointed as the Regional Support Manager for South East Asia and the Gulf Region. She is a now a part of the Round Square Worldwide team and will be reporting to the Round Square head office at London. Ms Sandhu will spear head and be responsible for the initiatives and activities of Round Square International in these regions.
It is indeed a matter of pride for Vivek High School that one our faculty has been appointed for this prestigious post with immense responsibility. It also puts our school a notch higher on the Round Square world map.
Congratulations Rajbir ma’am we wish you the very best for the new role.

Congratulations ! Ms Farah Shamsi

We all at Vivek High are delighted with Ms Farah Shamsi being awarded the Harnessing Creativity Education Prize 2014 at the national level by the Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF).
The Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF) is focussed on ethical leadership, altruism and professional development of teachers. It is tGELF endeavor to identify and harness the creativity of school teachers who have changed the ethos in their classrooms by having a positive impact on students and by encouraging curiosity and excitement about learning. tGELF honours these teachers by awarding the Harnessing Creativity Education Prize.
Ms Shamsi was selected post a rigorous selection process that spanned 3 rounds, by an eminent and varied jury. The final round was adjudged by an International panel. The panel included Ms Susan Edwards, Head - Global Concern, United World College, South East Asia;
Dr. Kenneth K Wong, Chair - Department of Education, Brown University and Ms Wendy Parmley, Founding Partner & CEO, Transcontinental School Innovation Alliance (TSIA). Out of hundreds of entries from all over India, 10 finalists were selected in 2 rounds and they were then further screened in a final round.
The award includes a cash award of Rupees 1 lakh and a citation with the additional benefit of publication of a compilation of the best ideas.

Ms Reetika Khanna

We congratulate VHS Staff Member, Ms Reetika Khanna on being selected for the Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching Program. The purpose of the Fulbright Program is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those in other countries. By living and working in the United States, Ms Reetika will have the opportunity to learn about their culture, society and educational system and share her insights with colleagues at the University Maryland, area schools and educational associations. As part of this program this year,she will study together with 20 teachers from Argentina, Finland and India .

Ms Preeti Sharma

VHS Staff Member, Ms Preeti Sharma was awarded the National ICT Award for School Teachers. She was felicitated by the Honorable President of India, Sh Pranab Mukerjee on 5 September 2012 in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. This award is given in recognition of effective and innovative integration of ICT in promoting students\' learning. The award facilitates those teachers who have enhanced student learning by effectively and innovatively integrating technology supported learning into the school curriculum and subject teaching, and thereby promoted enquiry-based cooperative-collaborative learning using ICT amongst students. Teachers of primary, upper primary, secondary and higher secondary schools are eligible for this award.